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  • Kenneth Godoy: Where Two Things Intersect, a Cross Is

    Kenneth Godoy: Where Two Things Intersect, a Cross Is

    Where Two Things Intersect, a Cross Is

    By Kenneth Godoy

    Where two things intersect, a cross is,
    like the cross between silence and light,
    the cross of noise into words into any meaning.
    I am a cross of skin and awareness. Continue reading . . . “Kenneth Godoy: Where Two Things Intersect, a Cross Is”

    Claudia Lehman: On Trying to Write a Christmas Poem

    Claudia Lehman: On Trying to Write a Christmas Poem

    On Trying to Write a Christmas Poem

    by Claudia Lehman

    There’s nothing left to say that’s not been said
    a hundred times before by better tongues
    or fingers than my own, and maybe yours. Continue reading . . . “Claudia Lehman: On Trying to Write a Christmas Poem”

    Daniel Hess: Visitation

    Daniel Hess: Visitation

    Visitation

    by Daniel Hess

    The sweetest thing in all my life has been the longing… to find the place where all beauty came from. – C.S. Lewis

    Beauty exceeds knowledge. How, for instance, she could be so
    unmistakably herself, here and now, with pleasant rightness, though Continue reading . . . “Daniel Hess: Visitation”

    Darren Nisly: Morning is Coming

    Darren Nisly: Morning is Coming

    Morning is Coming

    By Darren Nisly

    There are times in my life when a musical work and an idea of truth become intertwined within me. I cannot hear the piece of music without the associated idea entering into my mind. Continue reading . . . “Darren Nisly: Morning is Coming”

    Curator 2020 Readership Survey

    Curator 2020 Readership Survey

    Over the past few months the Curator has been working to develop new mediums for art and literature. Continue reading . . . “Curator 2020 Readership Survey”

    Phoebe Anthus: My Cheeky Mole

    Phoebe Anthus: My Cheeky Mole

    My Cheeky Mole

    by Phoebe Anthus

    Written after the incessant playback of Cotton-Eye Joe:
    Jan M. Eriksson & Orjan Kjell Anders Oberg & Patrick Edenberg

    I’ve named you Cotton-Eyed Joe,
    You velvet headed woe! Continue reading . . . “Phoebe Anthus: My Cheeky Mole”

    Jeremy Troyer: The One Who Weeps in the Night

    Jeremy Troyer: The One Who Weeps in the Night

    The One Who Weeps in the Night

    by Jeremy Troyer

    The one who weeps in the night
    Weeps either for himself or someone else. Continue reading . . . “Jeremy Troyer: The One Who Weeps in the Night”

    The Jester:  A Jester, a Jab, And a Blessing

    The Jester: A Jester, a Jab, And a Blessing

    A Jester, a Jab, and a Blessing

    by The Jester

    The Jester (the Fool) is free to play with words, ideas, and the world precisely because he is a fool. Not being burdened by great claims to education, writing experience, or intellect, I am what fits me most nearly, and in such liberty I write. Continue reading . . . “The Jester: A Jester, a Jab, And a Blessing”

    Sheri Yutzy: The End of November

    Sheri Yutzy: The End of November

    The End of November

    By Sheri Yutzy

    O beautiful desolation
    The ice of emptiness
    Trees bereft
    Creeks heavy with cold Continue reading . . . “Sheri Yutzy: The End of November”

    Lynn Michael Martin: Villette—a Book Review

    Lynn Michael Martin: Villette—a Book Review

    Villette—a Book Review

    by Lynn Michael Martin

    This summer, having too much time on my hands and the libraries being closed, I prowled around my mother’s gigantic book collection, trying to find something I hadn’t read. Continue reading . . . “Lynn Michael Martin: Villette—a Book Review”

    Rebecca Weber: Reverberations of Language Shock

    Rebecca Weber: Reverberations of Language Shock

    Reverberations of Language Shock

    by Rebecca Weber

    Some years ago, my dad wanted to be a missionary. He hoped to go out into uncharted territory and maybe translate the Bible into a new language. For several months he studied languages and culture. Continue reading . . . “Rebecca Weber: Reverberations of Language Shock”

    Literature Camp 2020 Highlights

    At the Curator, one of our main visions is to bring people together to discuss what the arts should mean to us as members of God’s kingdom.
    Continue reading . . . “Literature Camp 2020 Highlights”

    Conrad Stoltzfus: Behold

    Conrad Stoltzfus: Behold

    Behold

    by Conrad Stoltzfus

    The veil slides off and the marbled irises behold,
    The brilliance shafts into depths long dark,
    Pain, sharp and cleansing, severs the murky cold,
    The crackling blackness ignited by the spark— Continue reading . . . “Conrad Stoltzfus: Behold”

    Lynn Michael Martin: Blessed Is He Who Cries Out in the Night

    Lynn Michael Martin: Blessed Is He Who Cries Out in the Night

    Blessed Is He Who Cries Out in the Night

    by Lynn Michael Martin

    Blessed is he who cries out in the night,
    Who sees and is not satisfied with peace,
    Who will not sleep amid the world’s caprice,
    Who knows that darkness does not disprove light. Continue reading . . . “Lynn Michael Martin: Blessed Is He Who Cries Out in the Night”

    Obi Martin: Not Marooned

    Obi Martin: Not Marooned

    Not Marooned

    by Obi Martin

    Since I had never taught or taken an AP class before, I went on College Central’s website to figure out what it takes to make an AP world literature class different Continue reading . . . “Obi Martin: Not Marooned”

    Anita Yoder: Hearth

    Anita Yoder: Hearth

    Hearth

    by Anita Yoder

    What ember sparks,
    Alights your eyes?
    It harks to mine and
    Begs to hold
    My eyes and warm them. Continue reading . . . “Anita Yoder: Hearth”

    Joella Wadel: Ill Gaiety

    Joella Wadel: Ill Gaiety

    Ill Gaiety

    by Joella Wadel

    I take this walk.
    Affection cold, corroded steel—
    Company unnecessary—
    Solitude an uncanny, joyful occasion. Continue reading . . . “Joella Wadel: Ill Gaiety”

    Jeremy Troyer: After an Ice Storm

    Jeremy Troyer: After an Ice Storm

    After an Ice Storm

    by Jeremy Troyer

    Outside my window, branches fall
    from the ice of a long day.
    The winter rains did not nourish them,
    and now in the darkness, I hear them cracking Continue reading . . . “Jeremy Troyer: After an Ice Storm”

    Phoebe Anthus: Friday Night

    Phoebe Anthus: Friday Night

    Friday Night

    by Phoebe Anthus

    Tired ankles creak from the weight of the week
    where we have toiled in an Eden gone mad with grief.

    And now we sit on the rim of the night,
    stretched bleak as the highway roads, Continue reading . . . “Phoebe Anthus: Friday Night”

    Leaf 2020 is available!

    Leaf 2020 is available!

    Dear readers,

    The 2020 issue of the Leaf is now available for purchase on our website. It includes many original poems, as well as some that have been published on the Curator in the past year. Continue reading . . . “Leaf 2020 is available!”

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